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French Ligue 1
The match of the week in French Ligue 1 comes from the Stade Velodrome as Marseille and Lyon, both Coupe de la Ligue finalists, duke it out to see who keeps their Ligue 1 title chances alive.

25-time winners Barcelona are one leg away from a place in the Copa del Rey finals.
Pep Guardiola, Lionel Messi and the Catalans take their 1-1 draw to Camp Nou as they tangle with 7-time winners Valencia thanks to Carles Puyol scoring an away goal for the Catalans cancelling out Jonas' 27th minute opener.

For Barca, they need a win or a 0-0 draw to advance to the final where they have a chance for their 26th Spanish Cup win.

For Unai Emery, Roberto Saldado and Los Che, they need a win or a 2-2 or greater draw to send the Blaugrana packing.

Meanwhile, 23-time winners Athletic Bilbao control their own destiny as they take their 2-1 aggregate lead back to San Mames against third-tier side Mirandes.

A Fernando Llorente away brace gave Marcelo Bielsa's men a chance to advance via the away goals rule. If they avoid defeat, Los Leones goes to the final.

Ander Lambarri gave Mirandes a lifeline in stoppage time in the first leg. Mirandes need a 2-goal or a 3-2 or greater 1-goal win to advance.

The Argentine doubled Barca's lead in the 72nd minute to take his La Liga tally to 23.

Mallorca edged out Real Betis 1-0 despite playing nine men.

Gonzalo Castro scored the only goal of the game in the 24th minute. Mallorca had two men sent off for two bookable offenses, Ivan Ramis and Víctor Casadesús. Betis had one man sent off for two bookable offense in Mario.

The biggest win of the day came from the Stadio Olimpico when AS Roma whitewashed Inter Milan 4-0.

Juan set the tone for Luis Enrique's men with a goal and assist and Fabio Borini added two goals. Bojan Krkic sealed the rout with his goal off the bench.

Parma edged Chievo Verona 2-1 thanks to a Siqueira Luciano own goal in the 69th minute that gave Parma the three points.

And Palermo edged Atalanta 2-1 thanks to a Fabrizio Miccoli winning and scoring penalty in the 29th minute where Andrea Consigli was sent off for a bad foul on Miccoli and a Igor Budan 49th minute tally.

French Ligue 1
Both Marseille and Lyon slipped in the French Ligue 1 title race in a 2-2 draw.
Benoit Cheyrou and Brandao gave Marseille a 2-0 lead after 34 minutes, but Lyon bounced back with a Bafetimbi Gomis in the 36th minute and a own goal from Marseille's Souleymane Diawara before halftime.